Gunsmoke
Australian commercial radio
Australian commercial radio · 1930–1960
10 EpisodesTwice weeklyPGSince 1930
The run
- Network
- Australian commercial radio
- Years active
- 1930–1960
- Surviving broadcasts
- 10
- Genre
- theatre
A Collection of Aussie Radio Shows No 15 Besides the US version, there was an Australian production of Gunsmoke. It began sometime in 1955, transcribed under the Artransa label, and aired Mondays at 7:00 PM on the Macquarie network. It is not known how many shows aired or how long the series ran. The series featured top-notch acting and well-developed scripts that set it apart from many other shows, not only Westerns; however, it was the sound effects that stood out the most. Listen carefully and one can hear many levels of sound that really helps transport the listener back to the old west Disclaimer: By uploading these files, I make no claim to ownership or copyright. These recordings have Public-domain transfers from the Internet Archive.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
3 dated broadcasts across 97 years on the air, with 96 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 2026, in original transmission order.
- 1. The Last Train Out · 2 Jun 2026
- 2. Night Broadcast · 9 Jun 2026
- 3. The Case of the Missing Hour · 16 Jun 2026
Night Broadcast
4 Aug 2026 · 23 min
New tape, a reluctant witness, and a timeline that finally stops making sense.
The Last Train Out
28 Jul 2026 · 38 min
We go back to the beginning and read everything again.
Signal at Midnight
21 Jul 2026 · 53 min
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
A Room Above the Street
14 Jul 2026 · 16 min
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
The Long Silence
7 Jul 2026 · 31 min
A quiet beginning that turns, halfway through, into something else entirely.
Dead Air
30 Jun 2026 · 46 min
The one everybody argues about.
Sign Off
23 Jun 2026 · 1h 1m
Short, complete and unexpectedly devastating.
The Case of the Missing Hour
16 Jun 2026 · 24 min
The episode listeners keep sending to people who never listen to podcasts.
Also on Australian commercial radio
Australian commercial radio in 1930–1960
Other series the network carried while Gunsmoke was on the air.
Same seasons
theatre on the air then
Series in the same genre whose runs overlapped this one.
What it became
Theatre of the mind
Full-cast drama with a live orchestra and a studio full of sound effects. Lux Radio Theater and the CBS Radio Workshop are the direct ancestors of scripted podcast fiction.
Lineage is written by our editors, not inferred from listening data.
Descendants
Working in the tradition of Gunsmoke
Modern series carrying this form forward.
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